My son had his first seizure at 15 months. After the first episode, he would have several seizures whenever he had a fever, sometimes even when his temperature was only 37.4C. It was a terrifying experience for me. Even tho we followed all instructions and gave him his fever medication dutifully, we could not prevent his seizures. Even when he was hospitalised, the hospital staff did all they could, inserting fever and seizure medication n the standard sponging down - he still had his seizures. The seizures started about 12-16 hours after each bout of infection. Thankfully, he outgrew this problem and have been free from febrile seizures since he was 4 years old.


Today, he is a healthy and bright 12 year old who had just completed his PSLE and looking forward to starting his new life in a secondary school.

I hope that your case will be a once-only episode. I have known many such once-only febrile cases. All the best to you and your child.